Uniform, dress, and like garments



' J. K. M ccoMB ET A1. 4 UNIFORM, DRESS, AND LIKE GARMENT Filed June 11,1937 .w a a m ma v L uw Aug. 30, 1938.

Patented Aug. 30, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE James Kennedy McComband Grayson Donnelly Burruss, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, assignorsSta-Neat Apparel Company Limited,

` Toronto, Ontario, Canada, a company of Canada Application June 11,1937, Serial No. 147,752 In Canada March Z, 1937 1 Claim.

Our invention relates to improvements in uniforms, dresses and likegarments, and the object of the invention is, in a garment having itsfskirt front divided, to provide overlapping portions which may bereversed in position, to device an upper or blouse portion having itsfront overlapped to correspond in position with the overlapping of theskirt at each side its vertical centre, and a means for detachablysecuring the overlapped blouse portion in either of such overlap'- pingpositions, and it consists essentially of the arrangement andconstruction of parts all as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of our garment, portions being broken awayto exhibit the construction thereof.

Fig. 2 is a plan sectional view on line 2-2 Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on line 3-3 Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on line 4f4 Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective vdetail of the button strip.

In the drawing like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts inthe different views.

I indicates the upper or blouse portion of a garment and 2 the skirtportion. The b-louse portion I is divided to form overlapping portionsIX and Io so as to provide for a vertical centre open- 3 are buttonholes formed in the overlapping portion IX and 4 are button holes formedin the underlying portion I0. The button holes 3 and 4 are arranged inpairs which are aligned one with the other and behind these button holesis located an independent fabric strip 5 to which are secured buttons 5Xwhich are passed through aligned button holes 3 and 4 to secure theoverlapping portions of the blouse together.

The skirt portion 2 is provided at each side its centre front withlateral extensions 6 and I which overlap and which are secured at theirouter edge to each side of the skirt by any suitable means such as byties 8 and 9. If ties are used the skirt is provided on its waist linewith slotted openings 8X and 9X. When the garment is in the positionshown with the skirt portion 6 overlapping the skirt portion 'I, the tie8 extends through the slotted opening 8X and is passed around to tiewith the other tie portion 9 at the back of the wearer.

Also when the garment is' in this position, the

portion IX of the blouse overlaps the portion I0. If it is desired toreverse the garment, the buttons 6 are removed from the button holes 3and 4 so that the strip 5 is detached from the garment and yet will holdthe buttons together. The tie 8 is withdrawn from the slot 8X and theskirt extension 'I is folded to the outside of the extension 6, theportion I of the blouse then overlying the portion IX in the reverseposition to that which it previously assumed. The button strip is thenplaced at the back of the overlapping portions IX and I0 and the buttonspassed through the button holes 3 and 4.

When this is done, the tie 9 is' passed through the slotted opening 9Xand passed with the tie 8 to the back of the wearer to be tied insuitable manner.

From this description it will be seen that We have devised a very simpleconstruction which will provide a garment having an overlapping skirtwith a blouse which will have a vertical centre opening, the edges ofwhich are overlapped and detachably secured together by any suitablemeans such as the button X described.y

If desired a double breasted effect may be produced by extending theoverlapping portions IX and I0 laterally and providing aligned buttonholes in the overlapping portions adjacent each vertical edge andaligned button holes in the blouse and securing these parts togetherwith buttons and button strips such as 5X and 5 previyously described, abutton strip being Iprovided at each side of the blouse.

What We claim as our invention is:-

In a Wraparound garment, a skirt having a double front formed byoverlapping portions eX- tending to opposite sides of the skirt, a waistformed integral with the skirt and having a centre front opening thesides of which overlap,

registering button holes in the overlapping and underlapping portions.,a removable tape extending beneath the lapping portions and having asingle row of buttons extending longitudinally thereof, each buttoninsertable in a pair of registering button holes imparting a shirt fronteiiect to the wraparound garment whereby the front skirt portion andcentral front portion of the waist may be overlapped to present eitherportion outermost.

JAMES KENNEDY MCCOMB. GRAYSON DONNELLY BURRUSS.

